French electro label Ed Banger celebrates a full decade of existence this year, and during its 10-Year Anniversary Tour it will stop off in LA with their own stage at this year’s HARD SUMMER Festival. Los Angeles’ biggest summertime music festival, the sixth annual HARD SUMMER will take place Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4 […]
12
Apr
Ed Banger celebrates 10-years, parties in Los Angeles
12
Apr
The 3rd VICE episode with the legendary producer & guitarist
The boys from VICE have been busy, putting together yet another installment of their Random Access Memories: Collaborators series. Last week we saw Giorgio Moroder, earlier this week Todd Edwards, and today we get Episode 3 of the series — this time with legendary producer/guitarist Nile Rodgers. It’s all to build anticipation for one of […]
10
Apr
Two French androids bringing soul back to music
Last week we showed the Random Access Memories: Collaborators Series Episode 1 with Giorgio Moroder, and today we get Episode 2 of the series — this time with producer Todd Edwards. Edwards is known for his production work of meticulously crafted samples, which is why Daft Punk tapped him to work on their latest opus Random […]
4
Apr
Pencils out, nerds, university is in session
Whenever you have the chance to listen to one of the premier minds of any industry, it pays to shut up and listen. And when that genius is Giorgio Moroder, and the topic is his collaboration with Daft Punk, well… need we really say? In the first episode of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories: The […]
26
Mar
De Homem-Christo & Bangalter in plastic form... again
Another year, another new set of figures to worship the duo known worldwide as Daft Punk. We’ve seen Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter become manifested in plastic form as Giant Bearbrick Figures and as LEGO-like MEDICOM Toys, as well as ridiculously rad and highly detailed Medicom Action Figures. Now Tamashii Nations gets their shot. As […]
17
Jan
A quick Q&A with the multi-dimensional Berlin EDM duo
Tassilo Ippenberger and Thomas Benedix met at Berlin’s SAE, where their studies in the production and manipulation of sound aided them in actualizing their overarching ominous and murky sonic aesthetic. Soon they identified themselves as Pan-Pot, and while organizing parties booked rising DJ Anja Schneider for an infamously ill-fated party in 2005. While the event […]
10
Oct
15-minutes of blues courtesy of Bangalter & de Homem-Christo
Well this is definitely soemthing you don’t get every day: free music courtesy of Daft Punk. During Paris’ Fashion Week on Monday Yves Saint Laurent had their show, and who do you suppose they got to put the music together? Why none other than Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter — SL’s fashion designer Hedi Slimane’s […]
25
Jan
The life's work of the legendary filmmaker & graphic designer
Pablo Ferro is a legendary filmmaker and graphic designer credited with the design of seminal title sequences like that of Dr. Strangelove and Beetlejuice. Following his life’s journey and work from his humble origins in Cuba to his partnerships with film and animation legends like Stan Lee, the film pieces together the story of an […]
